Value of oysters to LIS highlighted in public radio show

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Tessa Getchis, senior extension educator and aquaculture extension specialist at CT Sea Grant, collects data in Clinton as part of the shellfish restoration project.
Tessa Getchis, senior extension educator and aquaculture extension specialist at CT Sea Grant, collects data in Clinton as part of the shellfish restoration project. Judy Benson / Connecticut Sea Grant
An oyster bed in Clinton was one of those surveyed as part of the shellfish restoration plan.
An oyster bed in Clinton was one of those surveyed as part of the shellfish restoration plan.

The Connecticut Public Radio show “The Wheelhouse,” featured CT Sea Grant’s Tessa Getchis talking about the economic and environmental importance of oysters in Long Island Sound, as well as the shellfish restoration plan and the shell recycling initiative.

Listen to the show, broadcast on July 31, here.